Dave Redell
Dave Redell began studying bats in 1997. He got his graduate degree from UW-Madison Department of Wildlife Ecology where he studied behavioral ecology at WI's largest bat hibernaculum (Neda Mine). Redell currently works as the state's bat ecologist for the WI DNR in Bureau of Endangered Resources, and is developing and implementing the statewide bat monitoring program.
White-Nose Syndrome
A serious disease has been killing off bats in the United States and Canada. It was initially discovered in New York, but has now spread to many of the surrounding states and as far west as Oklahoma.
These bats have a white fungus growing on them during hibernation. This fungus is called Geomyces destructans. It is now estimated that over a million bats have died as a result of White-Nose Syndrome
Photo courtesy Al Hicks, New York Department of Environmental Conservation